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arPugh 'Maltby, and for whom ?—A. I have litters at home' will spew, which I will produce. Q. Repeated.—A. I forget. Q. Repeated.—l do not recollea. Q. Does not witness recoiled what she has tried to procure in November and December last ?—A. I have been so little interested, I cannot recoiled. Q.. Can witness recoiled how many cases she has takt II in hand ?—A. I do not recoiled - . Q. Whether in the army or civil line ?—A. My letters at home will distinguish besides the applica tions were for friends. Q. Who were these friends ?—A. When they give me liberty to use their names, I will commu nicate ltern..-.-(Order, Order !) Mr . WHAaTosi admonished the witness to be store circumsped in her manner of answering the questions put to her. Q. Repeated.,-A. I objeCito that. The Committee having over-ruled the objedion--,- Q. Repeated.-.-A,.'Mr. Dawson. I cannot re. cotied any other. Q,. Replied yourself. You have said, when they .giv6 me liberty to use their ?lames. How do you say names, meaning only one person ?—A. That's one of them. Q. Does witness stake veracity, on the answer, that she cannot recoiled more than one of these names ?—A. I think 'I ought to appeal to the Chairman. Mr. WHAtiTot.r.—State your .objeetidit, and the Committee will decide. WerNass.—He is a respectable man, and has been hardly used already, and I am afraid of committing him. He may lose the money lie has pledged fur a place. • The appeal being over4uled, the question was repeated ?—A. I do not know how to pronounce his name; I know how to spell it.• The CHAIRMAN addressed the • witness, and in formed her, that her present conduet was trifling and disrespe&ful to the House. He again admo nished:her to be cautious in her answers. CLABK.E..r-1 mean to be respeaful. She was ordered us withdraw. The\ CHANCELLOR of the EICCHEMPE animad 7 ye. ted in. very severe terms on the conduct of the witnes,, which was highly indecorous and unbe-, coming, and in any other case or person would have drawn from the House a heavy punishment in sup port of it, own dignity. Alter a few observations from Mr. \VINDIEAM, Mr. NlAttaaw, and Mr.CROKER, the latter of whom, animadverted on the extraordinary insulli Offered to the House by the witness towards the close of the • examination ; the witness was recalled, again admos llished, and informed that she mnianswer the ques• Lion, which was repeated. A. Mr. Lodowick, or Ludowick. Q. Has he any other name ?—A. I don't know. Q. Who is he ? , —A Gentleman, I believe. He lives in Essex. Q. Whereabouts in Essex ?—A. .I don't know. Q. Who introduced you to him ?—A. I was never introduced at all: U. How did you become acquainted? —A. Through different friends with his name. Q. Name the friends who . recommended Lodo wick to you ?—A. 1 cannot tell exadly ; Maltby will when he is before the House., Repeated.—A. Mr. Maltby knows more of lien than I do. • Q. Is Lodowick the person - you meant, who had heen hardly used, and suffered much already, whose twine you was unwilling to tell ?.—A. Yes. Cl. In what has he suffered already ?—A. In lodg ing in being kept out of appointment, and in meeting with disappointments from day to clay. Mier Maltby is examined, I will mention a Ge neral Otlicer's name, which he (Maltby) made free unit. What are the disappointments now alluded, to ?-4. I have already stated them. U. Itepealcd ?—A. Two or three. I cannot par ricolarize them. U. Try to recollect one or all,)—A. I cannot. U. Notsone That ot. being made Assistant Commies fry. Q. Where is the money lodged, and with whom? —A. I cannot tell till 1 loots over the papers at home. U. Is the witness positive in this last answer ? , A. Yes. Q, Hour much money is lodged )—A. From geol. to 10001. Q. Who was the General Officer who name Malt by made use of ?—A. Is that a fair question ? (It being so decided by the Committee,) A. Sir A. Wellesley—(4 lough.) One of the ex cuses for not getting the situation was, that lie was deeply engaged in the investigation at Chelsea. • . 0,. What was the appointment delayed . by Sir A. ?s—A. I believe that of Commissary. Q. For whose use is the money lodged ?—I don't leow till I look at the papers. They will inform see where it is lodged, and for hom. -• How came the witness in w possession of those • papers ?—A. They will chew for themselves when 1 ploducts them. • Q. 'Repeated.---A. From Maltby, I think. 1. 0 answer to other questions, the witness stated— That she never saw Lodowick and Maltby together ; that she fi rst mentioned Lodowiek to Maltby, whom site had known for ten or twelve years acting in this ior4' of way she could not recollect, till a future :time, whether Maltby had Used any other name but Sir Arthur Wellesley; that she was interested for LedoWick, by a friend of her own, Mr. Palmer ; that his appoint men t began to be isegot laced last year. Mier much examination, She could not be brought to tell•of - whet. kind the papers were which she had at home, , only that Mr. Waolle should produce fiesin. She never told Donovan that she had any i3Oseer whatever with the Duke of Portland—never Saud ice bins that if the Duke of York knew of her receiving money, it would be her ruin.—Laughed at'• the idea of Mr. Wordie's telling her he had ' watched her - into Portland House, and said it was mnrelikely Mrs. Gibbs.-I`4yer held out the Duke Of-Pt:all - ma or Lord Chancellor, as persons through la ti<rrtt she procured appoiritesents.-r4new Dawson; ise' is' a pianesforte maker, and this situation .he ,Vatsissil Was at Savanna Le Mar, and believed ifons lies • owis report, that be had deposited money for it within the last fortnight. Saodee had pocketed half what W 35 paid by '..l.'onyn for his Mit , jerity, being 8 or gool.—did not know Lord Lennox, or ever been at the Opera with him; Mr. WARDLE was then examined by the CHAN ceLLon of the EXCHEQUER, to the following effect Q. Did Mr. Wardle, ever reproach the last wit- ness with going to the Duke of Portland ?—A. I told her that I had heard she had gone to his Grace, and that I was very much surprised at it. Q. Who told Mr. Wardle that Mrs. Clarice had been with the Duke ?—A. I understood it at the office in the city which I have before-mentioned. — The agents there told me that a tide waiter's place, which they wished to procure for borne one, de pended on an applicatior;, to by made by a Lady to the Duke of Portland. This Lady they described in such a manner as to induce me to believe that it wag Mrs. Clarke ; and on seeing her, I put tie question to her, and told her, that if it was she, site was do- ing very wrong. Q. Does Mr. Wardle know Maltby have once seen him. Q. Is Mr. Wardle sure that the last witness em ployed Maltby in the tranbactions she mentioned In one; I endeavoured in vain to find him out in the rest. Q. Did the last witness ever spew Mr. Wardle thepapers she referred to ?—A. No ; several months ago I attempted to procure a *sight of them, but -.. _ without success. Col. GORDON was called in and examined. Q. By the CHANCULLOR of the EXCHEQUER. — Has Colonel Gordon brought with him the official documents respecting the appointment of Major Tonyn ?—A. Yes. Q. Will he have the goodness to state in what they cotisist?;--A. The first recommendation of Major Tonyn, which I can find is dated 27th June, 1803, from his father, General Toriyn, Colonel of the . 48th regiment.—(Colonel Gordon read this docu ment, in which General Tonyn recommended both ,his sons to the notice of the Duke of York.)—To this memorial the following answer was returned : (Colonel Gordon read the answer, dated 29th June, , 1803, signed Frederick, and expressing his Royal Highness's readiness to concur in the wishes of Gen. Tonyn, .with respect to the promotion of his sons.) - . —The next document on the subject is a memorial from Captain Tonyn to the Commander in Chief, stating, that he had been 24 years an Officer, of which he had been in active service 14 years with the 41st regiment, and requesting to be promoted to a Majority. This document has no date, but it was received in March, 1804.—The answer was dated the 15th of March, 1804.—(Colonel Gordon read the answer, which stated, that Major Tonyn's name had been noted for promotion, and that his Royal Highness would not forget him when a fa vourable opportunity occurred.) —These are all the official documents that I have found with respect to Major Tonyn. In August 1804, a large augmenta tion of the army took place, to the amount of 50 additional battalions. In the formation of these, I received the orders of the Commander in Chief to prepare a list of the senior officers of the army gene rally, of each rank, and to take the names from the book of recommendations where they had been entered. I did so, and in that list with Captain Tonyu appeared 53 Officers to be appointed to Ma jorities ; I t Majors, removed from other regiments or from half-pay ). 13 Brevet Majors') and Q 9 Cap tains; of the lest, seven were of the year 1794, nine of the year 1795 (among whom was Capt. Tonyn), live of the yea 1796, seven of the year 1797, and one of the year 1799. There were only six Cap tains of the year 1795 senior to Capt. Tonyn. Q. Did all the officers who were promoted when Captain Tonyn was promoted, receive their pro motions without .purchase, in the augmentation?--- A. Yes. Q. Did many of these appointments appear in the same Gazette with that of Major Tonyn ?—A. Fifty-three field officers, and two hundred officers altogether. Q. By Mr. YORKE.—When the list was prepar ed, as just stated by Colonel Gordon, was it kept secret, or might it have been seen ?—A. I endea voured to keep it as secret as I could - but in so large a promotion, it is not possible for me to say that the secret was exactly kept. Q. Previous to the appointments, and when the list was nearly completed, was it possible to keep the s ecret so far as to prevent the contents of the list from being more or less known ?—A. I do not think it was. Q. When an Officer is permitted to purchase, I wish Colonel Gordon to state in whose hands the purchase money is lodged ?—A. I have already stated, that; the same rules apply to promotion by purchase as without it, In order to insure regu larity, the Commanding Officer of every regiment is ordered to transmit quartet ly the number of Offi cers in his regiment disposed to purchase, and also to state Where the money is to be had. These-re turns are entered in a book. When a vacancy oc curs they are referred to, mid the senior Officer on the list, if its all respects eligible, is invariably re commended for promotion, provided his promotion will not interfere with other Officers of greater pre tensions. Q. In whose hands is the purchase money lodg ed ?—A. Before a recommendation to purchase, can be submitted to his Maiesty, it is necessary that the Agent should give in a paper, stating that he is satisfied the money will be forthcoming when the Of - Beer is Gazetted, The IJf6cer is not called upon to lodge the money in the Agent's hands. Q. Has the Cemmander in Chief any controul whatever over this money None whatever. Q. Can Colonel Gordon state what is the aver age of the purchase money in each year ?—A. The average of the last three yearizonsiderably exceeds, 400,0001. a-year. Q. CaO Colonel Gordon account for the origin of purchases and sales of commissions, and w 0 he . suite; the effect that in his opinion they have on the origin was as follows I—ln every other service in Lurope, the person at the, head of the army has the power of granting pqnsions, ac cording to service. No such power is enjoyed by the Commander in Chief here. When the Colonel of a regiment is rendered, by age or wounds, Inca pable of accompanying his regiment into service, hisMniesfy catmc,t increase the establishment of th e regiment, by making another; Colonel ; it Would .miju4t LC) 'pat the GM Of wounded 011icet on half I.ONDO hi c.Nrintcd by .RIO NAND 1141111141, 01 NO. 4, Martlett-COLItt, Bow-street; ac . At the Sv.N.OVIP:cr;-N9. il2Sttlittd; where &Ivey tisemtmt, Order, pay, or deprive him of his commission. No alter native remains, but to allow him to retire on a com pensation. What that cqmpensation should be, was arranged by a Board of General Officers in 1765. They awarded certain sums to be received by Offi cers thus retiring from service ; which sums are called the regulatien prices of commissions. As to the bear ing of this system on the army, that is a very exten sive question. It is highly advantageous to officers who cannot purchase. For instance, if in a regiment the. third Captain cannot purchase, and the first and se cond can, it i$ evident that the third would remain longer in that rani; himself, were it not for the power which the others have of purchasing. Q. Does Col. Gordo n recoiled theOoromander in Chi'ef ever haying taken put of his pocket a list of officers, and given it to him with an iotimatien that they must be promoted qut of the regglar coqrse ? A. 1 never recellect such an inStance. I must take this opportunity to say that I never recollect a soli tary instance in Which the Commander in Chief has put such a paper into my hands. All recommenda tions have proceeded through their proper channel, without a single exception. • U. Jiy Mr. Wityrijaq4p.-rWas the second son of General Tonyn also promoted The ser vices of General Tonyn's second son were not so long as those of his hoather, General Tonyn there, fore only requested that he might be promoted by purchase, which he Was. He was prqmqted before his brother. Q. By Mr. WarEayoucc.-,-Are Fnsigncies given away or sold ?—A. All original commissions are given away. Bnt when a Lieutenant is pro moted, the Ensigncy which he ievps is his property, and may be sold. Q. By Mr. llnsKtssole.7-To the best of Colonel Gordon's recolleBion, does he believe that he in cluded Capt. Tonyn's name in the list which he gave to the Commander in Chief 1-4. I do. Q. If the 'name of Captain Tonyn haying been omitted by Colonel Gordon' had been introduced into the list by the Comma nder in Chief, would it not have particularly struck Colonel Gordon its an extraordinary circumstance ?-4. It certainly would. Colonel GORDON was then desired to withdraw. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex.- ettEQUER, the House was resumed, the Chairman re ported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday. After some conversation between Sir A. 'Welles ley, Lord H. Petty, Mr. Ponsonby, Mr. a. Bourne, Mr. Whitbread, and the Chancellor of the Exche quer (the latter of whom urged the propriety of fol lowing up the investigation of the subjea before the House, and which seemed to be approaching to its close)—Lord H. Petty's Motion, relative to the Convention of Cintra, was fixed for Wednesday ; Mr. Ponsonby's, relative to Spain, for Friday ;—ancl 'Mr. Whitbread's, relative to America, for the Tues day following. It was ordered that Mrs. Shawe, Mrs. Clarke, Mr. Donovan, Capt. Sanden, Mr. Parke (with Mr. Marsh's books), and several other witnesses, do at tend the Committee on Monday. Mr. C. WYNNE gave notice that on Monday he would move fur Returns of the Yeomanry Cavalry. At Half-past Three o'clock this morning the House adjourned to Monday. MAI LS. Amu viD-1 Lisbon. Duz—li Gottenburph, 3 Dublin, 4 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVI O'CLOCK. Consols - -67 W I Red. Ann. -. 68 63 THE SUN. SOLIAI QUIS DICRRA FALSUM AUUtAt ? LONDON, SATURDAY, VERRUARY 11, 1809. This morning we received Lisbon Papers to the 29th ult. The following are the most important articles they contain :-- Lisnotr, JAN. 27..—1 t appears that the French army of Gal Lela has halted, and has not advanced from the last positions which it occupied. LISBON, JAN.,2B.—Vie have received the most satisfatiory intelligence from the Northern Provinces of Portugal. The inbobitants of these Provincei had no sooner learnt that the French troops had entered Gallicia, than they took up mils with the utmost enthusiasm. Orders were immediately given to procure the necessary money for repairing the for tifications of Valencia and 'Chaves, and we trust that should the enemy have the temerity to attack them, they will meet with new Saragossas in the Portugueze territory ; and although Oporto is al ready supplied with all sorts of military stores, yet a Yacht was this day sent thither, entirely laden with powder and balls to ,complete the armament in the above two Provinces. Yesterday another Vessel set sail for the same destination, and will this day be followed by a third. The present arma ment of the Province of Beisa is as follows : Fusilcers 1 4 ikerricr‘ Cavalry 3 0 ,975 39, 16 3 liB The returns of the districts of Feira, Aveira, Cum bra, Pinhel, and Abrautes have not yet been re ceived. The above 'return does not include either the troops or the Militia, but comprises only the in habitant's armed in, consequence of the arrange ments made by Government. Lisbon is also arming with the utmost aaivity and zeal. The tti legions or 48 battalions, (alined by its nnmerotis inhabitants are daily exercising ; and 7,0 pieces of cannon hare been taken from the arsenal to be mounted on the most ii,4portant points of defence. - Vi.re trust that whenever the enemy may make his appearance he shall meet with the most vigorous resistance. ui publisho by WILLIAM A aulc &ft CR r r s,pouth M olton. street. C rosvenor.squ4 re' 'for the Par, I ettecii for the Editor, kc. (cost!pardirotist tle address*, address. VERIM, JAN. 12.--The intelligence from South of Spain is very agreeable. The Duke of limp:TADo is at Cuenca with 40,000 men. If our losses should have been such that the fate of this part of the kingdom may appear to be decided, that of all Spain, which has great strength and great re• sources, certainly is not. ELy4s, JAN. 20.—The superior Junta of Badajos has certified, that the Army of Estremadura already amounts to 22,000 men, including 3000 horses; and that its vanguard, consisting of 500(0 Men: under the comma9d of Major-General LUSTROSA, has advanced to Truxillo. Accounts from Badajoz state that the army of the Duke of Infantado already exceeds 40,000 men, Ott of Arragon 10,000, and that of FastramOura 1 20,000 ; those of Andalusia and Catalonia are 00 to have increased, but their number is not ascer tained. NAVAL NEWS, PLY4OUTII, Fan. g.—Arrived the *lila. • 42i 74 guns, from Portsmouth ; she is to proceed to Fal mouth for the purpose of taking on board some Spa' nish Gentlemen, composing a part of the Spanish Junta, who have 'been on tq this Oover" ment, and are now going to Palle. Arrived the illexandria Frigate, from the fiast‘ , ward ; and Alert Sloop of War from PertArnoeth• PORTSMOUTH, FEE. 10.--Arrived Hit. Makes 74 Ship La Loire with Dispatch e s from this Coast 44 Spain ; the Sincerity, BADcocx the MO& ATiciss, from London. SiSEERNESS, FEB. B..T.S3ited dip 0400* 110 4 Urgent to Northfleet. This morning, at day-light, a large 4loap discovered on shore on the North Sand, bilged, full of water, and her sails flying about. Tip soldiery were taken out of the rigging, .who intylhe is 0 Dundee Smacls, Vent on shore last night 0 0 , 0 nine o'clock, the crew left her soon after in 'Op boat, without oars, and it is feared they are all Wit! She had six passsengers besides the crew, two sol.! diers and four ladies—we are sorry to say the latter: are drowned. Arrived His Majesty's Ship Ari4dne from yar, and th e Fury Bomb from off the Scaw ; the Furious. Gun-brig from the Downs, and the gef' rt Y from the North Sea. It has blown a tremendous gale of wind all day. Tle,e boats of the Ships at the Nore have had 9 contmunication with the shore. Fats. 9.—The Sloop wrecked on the North *4 proves to be the Mims of Dundee : boats are 01' ployed at low water in saving what they can of I . l ov cargo. Several trunks have been got out, the pro. 7 perry e of f f t L h o o rd wo t e i n n s t a r d it to ls be st d ip rW s n ed ed of his Lordship's servants. that ,vere o 1410 en; The Diligent Store-ship, Mr. R. TURNER, mac' ter, of 14 guns and 35 men, arrived at Deptfortl from lialifax.. fell in with, on the auth December , a large Frenc h Privateer, of Is guns and 15Q men.t when, after a close action of nearly twnhours, she made sail, and with her sweeps got off the Dili" gent sailing very heavy could npt prevent het escaPell but was the means of s:tving aye Merchant Ves*ols, which were round them, three of %Atisieb she to* tinder her protection, viz. the. Mary Ann, —••••"• from St. Thomas's, Choice, apd the MVP --, from Quebec. The other two names ' 0 " known. The Diligent had four men wolpided the action. I Lord CHOLMONDELRY, who has been so s k likrw. ingly ill that at one time his medical attendants were without• hope, is now so much better that they begin to entertain very favourable expectations. The Noble' Lord, we understand was fully apprised of his dan. ger, and evinced a degree of self•possession, fettlnidei: and resignation, in the highest degree honourable to his feelings and character. Three out of the four Twenty Thowsand Pound Prizes in the last Lottery were sold in shares, and from the great demand already experienced during the short period of the delivery of Tickets from tho Bank of England, it is highly probable Tickers ‘vi li be 551. each before the wheel goes round, toe they were between the third and day 0 1 drawing last Lottery. There are or ly te,zoeTicke ls for sale in the present Lottery, 1500 Tickets bei t 'S given by the ContradOrs on the first and seened, u4 of drawing. An offensive breath is of an other things the Melt disgusting, especially in the Fair Sex. It eti"" oftener from want of attention to the teeth, that .from any other cause ; the regular use of a,Teeth• powder, to remove all impurities, and preserve t he teeth sweet and clean, ,becomes on this account le' dispensably necessary. Of ail the compositions for this purpose, BuTLEWS RESTOR4TIVA ,TOOTA• POWDER, from its carminative and restorative elm - Wes, has deservedly gained a preference;- it renders the teeth of a pearly white colour, gives a cleanness and vermillion hue to the gums, and imparts a de leetable fragrance to the breath. So extensive 10 : been the demand for it, that it forms the apPensieg 6 , to the toilets of the Royal Family, Nobility, a n d others of rank and fashion.--Sold wholesale Ono retail, at Mr. Litert.ea's, No. 4 Citeapside. Cente r of Paternoster . row arid retail by most Country Booksellers and Perfumers, in Boxes, tat 2S• ". • • each. D . l D. • On Wednesday motnini 1466 at Ctiinsthorpc h'! CiacO the Duße of Atkaster, Mid. of Kesteven, Alarilo. 4 i 04 Ealrl of Li:Atty. ,The devolves Martiutsatc thrfeupol' bocime but the Earldom devolies on General A lbc nude licrtic, Menabet for Stamina. t I C